Top 100 Tell Them Quotes
#1. I can see where influential people would like Maharishi better than Jesus. My God, if the Beatles and Mia Farrow went to Jesus, He'd tell them to give all their money away.
Kurt Vonnegut
#2. Never give people options, just give them simple directives. Don't beg or demand, just tell them how things are.
Salla Simukka
#3. I've had kids object to their dad's wishes (to donate)," says Ronn Wade, director of the Anatomical Services Division of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "I tell them, 'Do what's best for you. You're the one who has to live with it.
Mary Roach
#4. It's one thing to work women into your talking points. It's another to tell them how you are going to educate their kids, how you are going to ensure they get health care, how we are going to rebuild infrastructure, how they are going to get equal pay.
Stephanie Cutter
#5. People tell me they don't know whom to believe anymore; they are confused. I tell them to believe the people who preach in their mosques and say on TV that they want to kill them. They usually follow through.
Brigitte Gabriel
#6. The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.
Chris Van Allsburg
#7. I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
Samuel Johnson
#8. You have to be very careful when you give to others that you don't tell them how great you are rather than how much you value them.
Merle Shain
#9. Some people say that their pets will tell them when it's time to go. I don't believe that. No animal of mine has ever told me he was ready to die. I wish it were that simple. Dogs can communicate, but they cannot talk, nor do they think in our language or on our terms.
Jon Katz
#10. We want to have good ties with the Iranians, but if they want good ties with us, then I tell them: Don't keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
Adel Al-Jubeir
#11. Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of love, with other incident throes That nature's fragile vessel doth sustain In life's uncertain voyage, I will some kindness do them.
William Shakespeare
#12. Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.
Kevin Johnson
#13. It is one thing to be sure of yourself. It is another to have someone tell you to quit dancing, look them in the eye, and tell them the truth even if it hurts your pride.
Rick Bragg
#14. People tell their children there are no monsters in the world. They tell them that because they believe it, or they want the child to feel safe. But there are monsters, Luke, all the more frightening because they look like people.
Nora Roberts
#15. I preach hard against that idea and plead with people to make war against sin. I tell them it's not going to be easy. Some people are meant to wrestle with their sin a long time before God brings them to freedom, but let's wrestle. Let's fight. Let's do something besides just complain.
Matt Chandler
#16. If anyone tells you that you can't achieve your dreams, or puts you down, make your hand into a claw and tell them you're a little monster and you can do whatever the f*** you want.
Lady Gaga
#17. If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate ... Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better.
Elizabeth Ann Seton
#18. It's no secret that this is the only place I've ever wanted to work. When people ask me where I went to school, I tell them WWE University.
Josh Mathews
#19. When you have little children, you want to tell them about joy and happiness and hope. And then comes the time you want to tell them there are tough moments. I admire people who can do that.
Peter Sis
#20. Congress would make it mandatory, absolutely require, that, every five years, people in Medicare have a required counseling session that will tell them how to end their life sooner
Betsy McCaughey
#21. The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
H.L. Mencken
#22. We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know.
Sue Johanson
#23. I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.
Michael Caine
#24. I'm the kind of person who, if I see a shooting star, I wouldn't stay there and watch it. I'd run to my friends and tell them because I would want everyone to see it too.
Paris Hilton
#25. After a bad day there's always hope in remembering that the day cannot possibly repeat itself, therefore all who still treat you badly because of it are thinking in the past. Tell them that, it will make you feel better.
Unknown Author 649
#26. He really meant to tell them that the big money was not in the individual fluctuations but in the main movements that is, not in reading the tape but in sizing up the entire market and its trend.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
#27. To be a MVF (Most Valuable Friend), you need to tell your friends the pure truth about themselves. However, how you tell them the truth is the difference between being a villain or a hero.
Ben Tolosa
#28. Virtue and vice, evil and good, are siblings, or next-door neighbors, Easy to make mistakes, hard to tell them apart.
Ovid
#29. Was that true? I didn't know. That was part of being human, I discovered. It was about knowing which lies to tell and when to tell them. To love someone is to lie to them.
Matt Haig
#30. Music is very powerful and can make you feel whatever it is. If you listen to gospel, you're going to feel thankful, and you're going to want to call up people that you hate and tell them that you love them. When you listen to sexual music, it gets you in the mood.
R. Kelly
#31. Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep o'er the erring one, lift up the fallen,
Tell them of Jesus the mighty to save.
Fanny Crosby
#33. These words are mine, I tell them to my boys. You have walked in my footsteps, and now you walk beside me, but eventually pass me by, so that I can see you in front of me.
Bill Miller
#34. People ask me what I'd most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them, a paternity suit.
George Burns
#35. People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'
David Mamet
#36. I wanted to go in and tell them that, but George thought it would just be stirring up some trouble, you know, stirring up the cow pile. A cow pile may looked dried up, but if you stir it up, it can start to stink again.
K. Martin Beckner
#37. I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.
Bob Iger
#38. The fastest way to find out if someone is really your friend, is to tell them that you're broke.
Linda Poindexter
#39. A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin, I said how can you tell them apart, he said "her brothers got a moustache!"
Billy Connolly
#40. Wanted to talk to them. I wanted to tell them that I was sorry. I wanted to say what every child wishes to say to his parents when they're gone and it's too late to say anything at all: that I loved them, and had always loved them.
John Connolly
#41. Religious people never believe I write books. Someone should tell them books aren't only produced in monasteries anymore.
Daniel Marques
#42. One of the biggest complaints readers have about my work is that I don't tell them often enough what they can do. I do think this is an area where journalism sometimes falls short. We describe a really grim situation but don't really explain to people what they can do about it.
Nicholas Kristof
#43. Fiction gives us a reach into the lives of individuals that would otherwise be but a closed door. If we are gifted with a desire to tell tales, then we should tell them ... if only to reach but a few.
James D. Maxon
#44. I make them up,' I tell them. 'Out of my head.
Neil Gaiman
#45. Communicate with your fans or customers. They know we live in an ever changing world. If you tell them what you are thinking and why you are doing what you do, as I did with my blog regarding Nash leaving, they will respect and support you more.
Mark Cuban
#46. Resist telling people how something should be done. Instead, tell them what needs to be done. They will often surprise you with creative solutions.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
#47. I understand why it's hard to pin me down because I really relate to so many things. Like, for example, when people ask me what's my favorite music, I can't tell them. I love everything.
Lindsay Pearce
#48. Salman Rushdie said, "A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."
So if someone tells me I've written something that's historically inaccurate, I can just tell them, "Salman Rushdie said I could."
Veronica Bale
#49. Overcommunicate. It's better to tell someone something they already know than to not tell them something they needed to hear.
Alex Irvine
#50. I see guys with, like, eyebrow art, and I wanna tell them, 'You don't have to go too crazy on your brows. Take it easy, man!'
Ryan Reynolds
#51. I try to take a couple of young guys under my wing and tell them what I've learned, because you can't teach nobody if you don't know anything.
Gucci Mane
#52. When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can't do that if you're a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I'd tell them to sing more. It's good therapy, too.
Willie Nelson
#53. We can bring positive energy into our daily lives by smiling more, talking to strangers in line, replacing handshakes with hugs, and calling our friends just to tell them we love them.
Brandon Jenner
#54. I could tell them about the different kinds of rain, pouring rain that's perfect for when you want to stay inside and watch a movie or read, or piercing rain that feels like needles on your skin, or soft summer rain that makes your first kiss with your first love all the sweeter. ~ Amy
Beth Revis
#55. Without any formal personal finance education or trustworthy resources to tell them otherwise, the majority of people in the 18-to-24-year-old age bracket do not know how to use credit effectively, tackle debt or make wise decisions when it comes to spending.
Alexa Von Tobel
#56. If you tell stories, you like nothing so much as to tell them to people who want to listen.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
#57. The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship.
Leighton Meester
#58. The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at.
Marilyn Manson
#59. You better get over here with my car," Grandad says. "Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it." "Sorry," I say contritely. Then the rest of what he said sinks in and I laugh. "Wait, did you just threaten me with calling the police? Because that I'd like to see.
Holly Black
#60. It is not worth while to strain one's self to tell the truth to people who habitually discount everything you tell them, whether it is true or isn't.
Mark Twain
#61. Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!
Guy Fieri
#62. But the thing I notice most isn't what's in them - surprise, disbelief, curiosity, maybe a little pity - it's what's not. Judgment. Disdain. Horror. None of the things I've so often seen in people's eyes when I've had to tell them my story.
Now I want to kiss her even more.
M. Leighton
#63. I used to tell young preachers, in order to preach you've got to have the power of God on your life. Now I tell them, in order to tie your shoes you've got to have the power of God on your life.
Paul David Washer
#64. Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to.
Jodi Picoult
#65. I tell them that in Finland the first thing men coming back from the front wanted was sex; only after that did they take their skis off.
Johanna Sinisalo
#66. But Rose learned an important lesson: people don't always do what you tell them to do.
Eleanor Brown
#67. Like thieves in the night, unwelcome thoughts can and do seek entrance to our minds. But we don't have to throw open the door, serve them tea and crumpets and tell them where the silverware is kept!
Jeffrey R. Holland
#68. Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.
Randy Pausch
#69. It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that?
Dr. Dre
#70. At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.
Umberto Eco
#71. I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.
Ruth Rendell
#72. If I see my fans crying, I just want to give them a hug ... and tell them I love them.
Austin Mahone
#73. Nothing is more cruel to the young than to tell them that the world is made for youth.
Dorothy L. Sayers
#74. From reserved parking places to separate bathrooms, the last things managers need are extravagant status symbols that tell them that they are better than the people who work for them.
Dean M. Schroeder
#75. Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, "I am not paid to listen to this drivel - you are a terminal fool!" Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.
William S. Burroughs
#76. Didn't anyone ask you where your parents are?"
"They asked. Especially about my parents."
"What did you tell them?"
"I said I ate them."
"Jesus, Rosa.
Justine Larbalestier
#77. Many people don't realize the connection between music and literature and I'm here to tell them that it does exist!
Veronika Carnaby
#78. The writers and producers always have an idea, then they cast the role and the instrument starts to tell them how to play the music.
Rene Auberjonois
#79. Playboy is very easy to work with in the sense that you tell them what you don't want to do-that you don't want to show full breasts or whatever-and there are no arguments about it.
Shannen Doherty
#80. There are some stories, some memories, that if you tell them after dark, they seem to gain weight, substance, as if there are things listening, waiting to hear themselves spoken of again. Words have power. But even thinking about them is sometimes enough to make the air in a room heavy.
Laurell K. Hamilton
#81. When people say 'I want to be like you', I tell them if you want to be like me, then be yourself.
Marilyn Manson
#82. I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry.
Fred Hoyle
#83. Certain temperaments respond to anxiety by pulling inward. Their instincts tell them ' Don't go out to meet the world - you'll have a panic attack. Inside is where safety is.
Aimee Liu
#84. You tell them the truth," Ash said, startling me. I wasn't expecting him to answer. "From the beginning. Either they accept it, or they don't, but you can't hide who you are, especially from your family. Best to get it over with - we can deal with whatever happens after." His
Julie Kagawa
#85. Platitudes might satisfy for a short time, father - but soon or late, the people will realize they are being fed form without substance. What I tell them must be the truth, and I must believe it, and I must hold to it.
Mercedes Lackey
#86. Nobody knows what you feel inside unless you tell them.
Banksy
#87. When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
Thomas Sowell
#88. People ask me who my favorite inker is and I tell them my favorite inker was Joe Sinnott ... but I was the best. Now I don't mean that as any kind of egotistical thing. It's just that I did what Jack wanted.
Mike Royer
#89. When you go home
Tell them of us, and say
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today.
Patrick O'Donnell
#90. Religion makes kind people say unkind things: "I must prove my faith, so mutilate the genitals of my children." They wouldn't do that if God didn't tell them to do so.
Christopher Hitchens
#91. I know you better than you think, Leonidis, and under no circumstances are you allowed to try to fix this. I think you may be right. I think it may be time to tell them the truth, but in my own time, okay?" God licked Day's parted lips. "Okay," Day whispered. "Also" -
A.E. Via
#92. Tell them who she was? That she made me laugh when I was sad? That she loved her dogs?
C.D. Reiss
#93. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can.
Anne Lamott
#94. They won't attack," Reyna said, "unless you try to steal something, or unless I tell them to.
Rick Riordan
#95. I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a secret they don't know me well enough to be told. It lets me judge their potential as a friend.
Mohsin Hamid
#96. I tell them I am not at peace in spite of what I suffered, but because of it.
Nando Parrado
#97. I tell them that Im a lesbian but doesnt seem to matter to them - they see in the media is that we havent met the right guy yet, or that weve been raped or abused by our daddies and were just waiting for Mr. Right to come sweep us off our feet, and Im really tired of seeing that.
Jill Bennett
#99. You can tell your kids they are perfect and don't need to change - which could cause insecurity when they recognize their own shortcomings - or tell them they are terrible, which would undermine their sense of self-worth and confidence. There's a happy middle ground.
Daphne Oz
#100. Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.
Karl Kraus
